Chapter 137 Rafting around the plateau
Shu Fu gathered the people on the two rafts and asked everyone to go to the rest area on the second floor of the hotel building. While there was an Internet connection there, they prepared to hold a meeting while checking information online.
So far, Yao Ruoyun's family of three has not faced any patients with ichthyosis directly. Although the six people on Lu Zheng's side have experienced a lot with her, they left Youcheng earlier than her and took a different route, so they have never seen the appearance of ichthyosis patients in Na'an County at this moment.
Therefore, after everyone arrived, she first gave everyone a cup of coffee or milk tea to calm everyone's emotions, and then shared with them the news she knew.
After all, Shu Fu is a screenwriter who does writing work, so even a simple description is too vivid. Especially when she talked about how those ichthyosis patients caught amphibious man-eating jumping fish, ignored their attacks, and how they tore the fish meat and fish entrails, everyone present began to look pale.
Although Yao Ruoyun had never seen a patient with ichthyosis, she had been in Wei County with Shu Fu and had heard Han Lan mention the Youcheng experimental hotbed, so she immediately understood the point Shu Fu wanted to express.
"Senior, do you think that someone from that organization might be behind this?"
"It's not ruled out." Shu Fu nodded, "Of course, it could also be a simple biological disease that has spread."
Xu Tingfeng lowered his head and took a sip of the refreshing and slightly bitter American iced coffee. His slightly knitted brows relaxed a little. "But if that organization is behind this, shouldn't they conduct their experiments in secret? How could they let the experimental subjects escape like that? Now that many lives have been lost, not only the officials, but also the survivors of Hua Country know about it. The incident has become so serious that it will definitely be investigated further. No matter what experiments that organization wants to conduct, they will definitely be blocked."
Jiang Dai flipped through several news pages and said, "Is it possible that the organization's secret experimental base is near Nan'an County? These ichthyosis patients just escaped accidentally, so no one found them during the whole mutation process because they were locked up the whole time."
"This guess is very likely." Long Sheng and the others nodded.
Na'an County has many mountains, a vast area, a sparse population, and abundant water resources. Compared with other crowded cities and towns in Xizhou Province, it is indeed a good place to set up a secret experimental base.
Lu Zheng, who had been deep in thought, said, "If this is true, then before we saw the news today, the troops in An County should have already taken action. After all, what we can guess, the authorities cannot fail to guess."
This incident involved many lives and was old news from more than ten days ago. Given the speed of the official actions, it should have been successfully concluded.
However, it is impossible to find these follow-up news on the Internet. After all, since it involves secret experiments and that brainwashing organization, a lot of information will be blocked.
Yao Ruoyun heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this: "That's right. Even Youcheng, which is so far away from Xizhou Province, was taken down at once. Now the incident is in Xizhou Province, so the investigation and suppression operations should be faster."
As she spoke, she thought of something, and holding the milk tea, she came close to Shu Fu and whispered, "Do you think that Captain Cheng and Captain Liu haven't replied to your message for so long because they are busy with this matter?"
Shu Fu shook her head. She really couldn't be sure about this.
Yao Ruoyun looked at her slightly furrowed brows and comforted her, "Senior sister, don't worry too much. Team Cheng is so powerful. Even if he gets injured this time, it won't be as serious as last time!"
Shu Fu pushed the other person's round face as he leaned forward: "Are you trying to comfort me? Why do you feel like you're asking for trouble? Also, how do I look like I'm worried?"
"Isn't that an expression of worry?" Yao Ruoyun made an expression that said "Don't take me as a fool."
"I'm not worried." Shu Fu laughed softly, "He promised that he would live well this time."
Yao Ruoyun stubbornly replied: "...What's the use? Even if you have broken arms and legs, you are still alive."
Shu Fu: ...
She glanced at Yao Ruoyun, who was teasing, and said in a light tone: "You should still worry about Xun Huiming. Didn't he say that he had arranged for you to settle in Shacheng a month ago? If you don't go and don't let him know where you are, it's easy for a young man to be upset..."
As expected, Yao Ruoyun whimpered. She was wrong. She shouldn't have been so stubborn. As a result, she was fucked hard in the face.
She actually didn't want this to happen, but Xun Huiming was not a person with special abilities - Shu Fu also confirmed this later. Even if he had awakened and had a raft, he was no longer a companion. So even if he knew where she was, what could she do?
He is so young, has parents, and is the only son in the family. Besides, they are not even boyfriend and girlfriend yet. Does he have to choose between himself and his parents before it even starts?
Now the whole planet is submerged in water and there are disasters everywhere, but she only wants to be with her mom and dad and live a peaceful life with her family. She can't even do this kind of thing, so how can she ask others to do it?
In that case, it’s better to say nothing.
Yao Ruoyun remained silent, but suddenly heard a voice coming from the other side.
"Cheng Dui? Is he... Xun Huiming's uncle?"
Yao Ruoyun turned around and saw that it was Lu Zheng who was asking. She nodded at first, then quickly realized something and added gossipingly, "You should have seen him. He was the tall and good-looking captain of the rescue team at the Suicheng Library! His name is Cheng Yu, super powerful and handsome. He rushed back to Wei County alone to rescue his team members! But the senior sister is more handsome. She knew that the avalanche was coming, but she also rushed back to save people! In the end, she successfully rescued everyone!"
Although half a year has passed, for Yao Ruoyun, many things that happened in winter are still vivid in her mind.
The things that made me feel panicky and scared at that time, when I think back now, they are all highlighting in my life.
She told Lu Zheng so much detail now. Although she had gossipy thoughts, she really missed the snowy and cold weather she spent with her senior in the small teahouse in Wei County, and the days when she and her teammates and survivors ate biscuits and canned food in the tunnel.
Lu Zheng looked a little stunned. He didn't seem to expect that Yao Ruoyun would say so much when he only asked one question.
Everything was related to Shu Fu, and they were all things he had never known before.
Although he had thought that every time she lost contact, what she saw and experienced must have been thrilling, and she would continue to meet new friends in the process, become familiar with different people, and even become friends of life and death, just like she, Chen Fa and them at that time on the Northern Plateau.
But, how should I put it, he always thought that he was the most special one. After all, they came from the same world, and he and she in that world had many pasts and intersections. They reunited in this world, experienced life and death, exchanged secrets, and became teammates.
But it was not until this moment that he realized that for her, it didn't matter whether he was special or not. What mattered most was the one she would always remember in her heart.
Lu Zheng did not respond to Yao Ruoyun's words. He turned his gaze back and fell on Shu Fu who was sitting beside him. She was leaning against a corner of the sofa, supporting her forehead in a lazy manner. She stretched out two white fingers and gently pinched the face of Yao Ruoyun who was leaning over to flatter her and say nice things.
When they met again this time, he felt more of her demeanor, aura and maturity, which were similar to her in the fragments of his memory. She seemed to have completely let go of some things and was no longer deliberately distant and low-key.
But because of this, when he occasionally gets along with her, he will unconsciously fall into fragments of memory. Obviously in this world, there is nothing or anyone that stands between them, but he still can't seem to get too close to her...
There was a feeling of being trapped in memories, a feeling that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.
It's like repeating the same mistakes over and over again, but there's nothing I can do about it.
**
A moment later, Hua Qiong, who had been carefully reading the news on the website, found another piece of news.
The news happened after the Na'an County team captured several patients with ichthyosis. It was said that when they were capturing the patients, a middle-aged woman suddenly jumped out from the crowd and started crying and wailing at one of the patients, saying that the man was her son who had been missing for a long time.
The incident happened suddenly and the team members didn't have time to stop her, so she pounced in front of the ichthyosis patient. Everyone thought that she would be attacked by the patient at such a close distance.
But in the end, the patient looked at her numbly for a while, and instead of attacking her, he made a sharp cry at her, which sounded very much like crying...
Later, someone interviewed the middle-aged woman, and she insisted that the patient was her son. Otherwise, how could she explain that the other party did not attack her?
She said that her son lost contact more than half a year ago. At that time, the temperature in Huaguo dropped sharply and he was in the northern plateau. He was unable to arrive in Xizhou Province as planned, and there was no news of him afterwards.
She had always thought her son was dead and didn't expect to see him again today.
She excitedly said that her son still recognized her, and that he appeared in Na'an County only because he wanted to go home... He certainly did not intend to attack anyone, just like he did not intend to get sick.
They were all human beings once. If possible, who wouldn’t want to return home alive and well?
He survived the illness and didn't die. He just looked different from before, becoming another form of human. However, he still had memories of his home and relatives in his mind, so he appeared here...
But now that he was in this state, any normal person would attack him first. He was not wrong, he was just protecting himself...
The author of this news seemed to use words that were more inclined towards the position of a middle-aged woman, so it was criticized by netizens as soon as it was published. After all, so many people died in Na'an County, and how innocent were those people?
But even if most of them are curses, there will also be a small number of other voices among them. The owners of these voices may have had similar experiences, losing contact with their loved ones in the disaster and are still waiting for a miracle to happen.
They sympathized with the middle-aged woman's experience and believed her speculation, thinking that ichthyosis should not be called a disease. It was more like a biological evolution. After all, most of the land on the planet has now become water.
Only by becoming another form of human beings can they survive in the water when natural disasters strike.
They survived and did not die. They are stronger than before because they need to fight other creatures in the water. They can live in the water and walk on the shore. How can this be considered sick? This is clearly evolution!
For some reason, when Shu Fu saw the word "evolution" in the comments under this news, her brows twitched slightly.
Hua Qiong sighed: "Although I don't agree with the views of this small group of voices, if I were that middle-aged woman, I would probably have the same idea. Because for her, such an idea is the only chance to see hope in endless despair."
After all, the most important thing for any mother is that her child is alive - no matter in what form.
Later that day, they didn't find any more useful information on the Internet.
In the evening, Shu Fu restarted the raft, left the shore with the signal, and continued to head north. After the raft passed the northwest corner of Fengshang Plateau, it turned and drifted east.
Everyone returned to the boundless waters and soon forgot the news from the shore. After all, they were living on the water now, so no matter how terrifying the news from the land was, it was still very far away to them.
Although Chen Fa and his companions were still on land, Zhashui County was in the suburbs of Shacheng and was far away from Na'an County.
Only Shu Fu was still thinking about all the news he had seen during the day until he went to bed that night.
She didn't know if she was overthinking it, but she felt that all the news she had seen recently combined together made her feel that a storm was about to come.
Her intuition has always been accurate, but this time, she hoped that these were just her own illusions.
**
The area north of Fengshang Plateau has a higher altitude than the plains and is mountainous. It is also sparsely populated, so even after being flooded, the water in this area is not deep. In particular, there is a large area that used to be a high-altitude basin and has now formed a giant lake.
This body of water is generally in an inward-concave U shape. Because it is shielded by the higher land and mountains of the Fengshang Plateau, storms and extreme weather are relatively rare. Now the coast of the lake has become an offshore port of the Fengshang Plateau and is being built bit by bit.
After Drifting Island House towed two rafts into the waters of this giant lake, many rafts were seen near the shore.
They were shocked to find that those were the rafts of the psychics!
The rafts are all equipped with fixed marine engines and sails. On the roof of the wooden house and the front deck, there are also container houses of similar shapes. These are the ones that Chen Fa mentioned before, built with new materials, which can withstand hail and keep warm in winter and cool in summer.
She saw that these rafts seemed to be following a certain order. They started from the shore and headed towards the middle of the lake. The water there was deeper than on both sides. There were several giant ships parked there. Their shapes were similar to the photos she had seen on the Internet before. They were all fully enclosed giant ships, sturdy and huge, like floating fortresses on the sea.
It is extremely bustling here. The construction on some giant ships has not been completed yet, and there are still machines and workers busy on them. Some giant ships are almost completed and are constantly being loaded with various materials.
When the rafts approached the ship, the owners would first climb up the open hatch of the ship, then quickly fold up the rafts and place their rafts inside the ship. After that, the people inside the ship would drive over with a tool truck and directly unload the containers placed on the roof and deck.
Those containers should be material boxes. After the tool truck unloads them, other transport trucks will come over and transport all the containers away to different places inside the giant ship.
Because of this action, Shu Fu, Yao Ruoyun and Lu Zheng were finally able to confirm that the owners of these rafts that could not be towed by the drifting island houses did have very different golden fingers from them.
It seems that there should be no backpack slot, otherwise there would be no need for containers to transport supplies. There must be a water purifier and a fishing rod, and there should be no unique tools and weapons for each person.
Inside the protective shield, everyone stood on the terrace of the inn's small building - the highest position on all the rafts, where they could see everything in front of them more clearly. They looked at the busy, grand and shocking scene in front of them, and marveled at the power of official authority.
"This area of water is concave and has fewer natural disasters, making it suitable for building and producing large ships." Xu Tingfeng sighed. They had lived in Xizhou Province for so long and had discussed the follow-up to the government's massive and high-paying recruitment of ship-related construction personnel.
Everyone knows that the country has been building ships and submarines, but no one is quite sure where they are being built.
"No wonder I saw so many patrol boats in the waters outside before I even got close to the lake. This area should not be open to the public, right?" Yue Dong looked around and could see from afar that construction was also underway on the shore. There were many shipbuilding bases on the shore. Whether it was a giant ship or a submarine, the initial construction of the ship had to be carried out on land near the water.
In addition to the factories, a large number of workers' dormitories have to be built in the shipbuilding base. Given the importance the government now attaches to these skilled workers, the conditions in these dormitories must be several times better than in previous peacetime times, and the workers' families should also live in them.
As the number of personnel increases, various supporting buildings and facilities must also keep up, so these shipbuilding bases should also have planting areas, breeding areas, medical areas, and manufacturing areas...
They sailed into this lake area, originally thinking that the wind and waves here were small, the water was shallow, and there would be no large and dangerous fish. They wanted to close the protective cover here and go sea fishing.
Who knew they would see such a scene.
That afternoon, they did nothing but stand quietly on the terrace, holding binoculars or leaning against the fence, looking at the huge construction site in front of them, until after dark, when the raft turned around and left the lake.
A few days later, the raft bypassed the north side of Fengshang Plateau and re-entered the source waters of Yinsha River.
At this moment, 9 lottery opportunities have been accumulated on Shu Fu's lottery turntable.
She calculated the days and found that by midnight tomorrow night, she would have accumulated ten consecutive draws.
In the afternoon, Chen Fa sent a message saying that Zhang Tian's condition was gradually improving, and she also wanted to leave Sand City and live on the water with them. In about four or five days, the four of them would be able to leave together.
Shu Fu sensitively grasped the key point and replied: So, Zhang Tian knows that you are a mutant?
Shu Fu was not bothered by the fact that Chen Fa told Zhang Tian too early that she was a superpower. She just found it strange. After all, Chen Fa had always been cautious. How could he tell Zhang Tian something related to his own secret so quickly?
After all, when she found Wu Shaoshan in Kangsu County before, she didn't seem to mention things like superpowers and living on the water to her, she just said that she would bring her to meet her.
unless--
After a while, Chen Fa replied: Well, she knows it doesn't matter, because Zhang Tian is also a superpower. It should be stimulated this time and awakened not long ago.
Shu Fu:! ?
She immediately climbed down from the spinning bike in the underwater bedroom, quickly rushed up the spiral staircase, then found the "Towing" function on the function screen and clicked on the "Towing List".
The "trailer list" had indeed changed, but Zhang Tian's name was not on it. Instead, there were two other names that had been on her mind for a long time.
[You can choose to tow a raft (Note: the bond value must be ≥80)
1. Chen Fa's raft (bond value: 100);
2. Zheng Feifei's raft (bond value: 96);
3. Lu Zheng's raft (bond value: 91);
4. Yao Ruoyun's raft (bond value: 90);
5. Liu Shuang's raft (bond value: 87);
6. Hua Qiong's Raft (Bond Value: 85);
7. Han Lan's Raft (Bond Value: 83);
8. Fang Xiwen's Raft (Bond Value: 81)]
Shu Fu's eyes widened in shock. She was just lazy for a few days and didn't check the list before going to bed. How come Liu Shuang and Han Lan woke up so quietly! ?
But what about Zhang Tian?
Chen Fa said that Zhang Tian was also a person with special abilities. She was not a blind listener. She must have confirmed it with her own eyes before she said that.
Then why isn’t Zhang Tian’s name on it?
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